Constructor value

Amount each constructor's contribution would be worth at today's prices

Note: this is not what constructors have been paid.
It's what they would have been paid if today's prices had been offered
throughout their career.

There are several problems with this calculation:
only puzzles from the Shortz Era are considered here (back to 1993),
Variety contributions (acrostic, diagramless, cryptic, etc.) are not included,
and the payment amounts have varied over time.
For example,the payment for daily puzzles increased from $200 to $300 on January 20, 2014,
but the calculations here assume each daily is worth $300.

Payments for collaboration puzzles are assumed to be split evenly among the listed constructors.
Only constructors valued at least $4,000 are displayed here.